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This page contains an archive of all entries posted to Jack Bog's Blog in the Recreation category. They are listed from newest to oldest. Portland Metro is the previous category. Religion is the next category. Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.

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Sunday, October 25, 2009: Move over, Vancouver, B.C. and Barcelona

Tuesday, September 22, 2009: You want these

Sunday, September 20, 2009: Road retch

Wednesday, August 26, 2009: Cowabunga

Thursday, August 20, 2009: Trifecta

Tuesday, August 18, 2009: Lawn signs for Little Lord Paulson

Sunday, August 16, 2009: A Saturday in August

Tuesday, August 11, 2009: Don't talk on your cell phone while...

Sunday, August 9, 2009: Boston is catching on

Sunday, August 2, 2009: Part of the "fun"

Saturday, August 1, 2009: Call me Huck

Friday, July 31, 2009: Heads you win, and they do, too

Tuesday, July 28, 2009: The Mr. Blackwell of bicycling

Monday, July 27, 2009: Up and crumbling

Saturday, July 25, 2009: Smarter than the average bear

Monday, July 20, 2009: Not for diving

Monday, July 20, 2009: Need pot?

Sunday, July 19, 2009: Sunday Parkways: not really a pedestrian thing

Sunday, July 19, 2009: Hanging out on Mount Tabor

Sunday, July 19, 2009: The Southern Oregon coast on a bike

Friday, July 17, 2009: Ain't nothin' like the real thing, baby

Wednesday, July 15, 2009: Paulson calls PGE Park a "crap stadium"

Tuesday, July 14, 2009: Dave Chappelle at Pioneer Courthouse Square at midnight?

Tuesday, July 14, 2009: OHSU is involved in Paulson stadiums deal

Tuesday, July 7, 2009: God bless Dad

Friday, July 3, 2009: Paulson stadium: Was the "fix in" back in '07?

Tuesday, June 30, 2009: The Metro Y is no more

Monday, June 29, 2009: Seven out

Sunday, June 28, 2009: Coming soon to the Portland parks: parking meters

Thursday, June 25, 2009: What would Jesus pack?

Monday, June 22, 2009: Lents "citizen advisory" group ready to wash hands of Paulson

Sunday, June 21, 2009: What fools these mortals be

Thursday, June 18, 2009: Stadium switcheroo -- must the construction go out for bid now?

Wednesday, June 17, 2009: More hemming and hawing on Lents meeting procedure

Wednesday, June 17, 2009: How convenient

Tuesday, June 16, 2009: Stacking the deck

Monday, June 15, 2009: If they're going to re-do PGE Park yet again...

Monday, June 15, 2009: In the trenches

Friday, June 12, 2009: Not up to code

Friday, June 12, 2009: Amanda tells it like it is

Thursday, June 11, 2009: Taibbi on Paulson genetics

Thursday, June 11, 2009: Study: Lents baseball stadium would draw crummy crowds

Wednesday, June 10, 2009: Making the scene at the Copper Penny

Wednesday, June 10, 2009: Governor Ted doesn't like Paulson stadiums deal

Wednesday, June 10, 2009: Branch III and me, cont'd

Tuesday, June 9, 2009: Portland's next fiasco

Tuesday, June 9, 2009: Before Henry Merritt and Charles Randy's New York honeymoon

Sunday, June 7, 2009: Missing the (electric) boat

Saturday, June 6, 2009: A decade of planning, ripped out by the roots

Friday, June 5, 2009: Saltzman's in on Paulson stadiums deal

Wednesday, June 3, 2009: Saltzman looking for easy way out on Paulson stadiums?

Tuesday, June 2, 2009: New smoke and mirrors on Paulson stadiums deal

Monday, June 1, 2009: Lents stadium foes to meet Wednesday night

Saturday, May 30, 2009: Hallowed ground for corndogs

Wednesday, May 27, 2009: How to get fired from a city job

Wednesday, May 27, 2009: Cautionary words

Tuesday, May 26, 2009: Fish on Lents stadium deal: Nuh-uh

Saturday, May 23, 2009: Move the Beavers to Lents? How 1950's.

Thursday, May 21, 2009: Fireman Randy's new BFF

Wednesday, May 20, 2009: Parks Board to Paulson: Take your stadium and shove it

Monday, May 18, 2009: Lents Park, according to Paulson and Fireman Randy

Monday, May 18, 2009: City of angels

Monday, May 18, 2009: Who were those masked heroes?

Thursday, May 7, 2009: Don't it always seem to go?

Thursday, May 7, 2009: More rush-rush on the Paulson stadiums deal

Monday, April 27, 2009: Notes from the Wildwood Trail

Monday, April 27, 2009: Game 5 Preview Bingo

Thursday, April 9, 2009: SoWhat poodle poop park named

Wednesday, April 1, 2009: Your attention please, ladies and gentlemen

Tuesday, March 17, 2009: Bridget, getcher bracket

Thursday, March 12, 2009: City to Paul Allen: Don't bother us

Friday, March 6, 2009: Among the victims

Monday, March 2, 2009: Grimwad misses his ticket to ride

Thursday, February 26, 2009: It doesn't hold water

Wednesday, February 25, 2009: Please stand by

Friday, February 20, 2009: "Very fancy"

Wednesday, February 4, 2009: Denial: a way of life at Portland City Hall

Friday, January 30, 2009: Grimwad to the 'Couv?

Wednesday, January 21, 2009: In case you missed the Inauguration...

Wednesday, January 21, 2009: Unsustainable

Sunday, January 18, 2009: The high country

Thursday, January 1, 2009: Resolutions

Monday, December 29, 2008: Portland taxpayers: Hope you're not broke

Friday, December 26, 2008: Your next bike race?

Wednesday, December 24, 2008: This year's model

Sunday, December 21, 2008: Perfect

Wednesday, December 17, 2008: Thinking snow

Wednesday, September 24, 2008: Who needs Will Shortz?

Tuesday, September 23, 2008: That was then

Tuesday, September 9, 2008: Mike Lindberg for sale

Monday, September 8, 2008: Pushback on the new stadium boondoggle

Wednesday, September 3, 2008: Didn't take too long 'fore I found out

Wednesday, September 3, 2008: Portland talking pro sports stadium again

Wednesday, August 27, 2008: A Glock for Grandma

Monday, August 25, 2008: On the nose

Monday, August 18, 2008: East Portland pool: $1 million plus just for architects

Thursday, August 14, 2008: Did bicycling screw up Brandon Roy's knee?

Thursday, August 14, 2008: New Oregon biathlon

Wednesday, August 13, 2008: Pinkies up in the new downtown park

Thursday, August 7, 2008: "It don't Gitmo better..."

Wednesday, August 6, 2008: Shut your pie-hole

Sunday, July 20, 2008: New PDX runway is dead!

Wednesday, July 9, 2008: God bless the docs

Tuesday, July 1, 2008: Mount Tabor skinnydippers revealed!

Saturday, June 28, 2008: Card shark nephew update

Friday, June 27, 2008: Who needs a day job?

Thursday, June 26, 2008: Kids nowadays... especially from the 'Couv...

Tuesday, June 24, 2008: It worked in Portland

Sunday, June 22, 2008: City of Roses still

Wednesday, June 18, 2008: Reader poll: Are you up for "Sunday Parkways"?

Wednesday, June 4, 2008: Hayes Pool is closed, for now

Thursday, May 22, 2008: Russian translator needed

Friday, May 9, 2008: Dysfunction on the diamond

Tuesday, May 6, 2008: Love lost

Sunday, May 4, 2008: Walking the talk

Sunday, May 4, 2008: Portland drivers are nicer than New York drivers

Saturday, April 12, 2008: Tick tock, you don't stop

Sunday, March 30, 2008: Back to powder

Sunday, March 2, 2008: Terra firma

Saturday, March 1, 2008: Lovely day for skiing on Hood

Saturday, February 23, 2008: Why we live here

Saturday, February 2, 2008: Deep thoughts

Wednesday, January 16, 2008: Nothing better to do

Saturday, January 12, 2008: Tempted to yodel

Saturday, January 12, 2008: The hills are alive

Thursday, January 3, 2008: All muscle and heart

Saturday, November 24, 2007: Time-release formula

Friday, November 16, 2007: It's not just about inhaling $4 bags of Doritos

Sunday, November 4, 2007: Two wheels, big bucks

Sunday, November 4, 2007: Sideshow

Saturday, November 3, 2007: Winning hand

Friday, November 2, 2007: Calling all football pundits

Monday, October 29, 2007: Back from the dead

Friday, October 26, 2007: The $100 burger

Wednesday, October 24, 2007: Jail Blazer Hall of Famer

Thursday, October 18, 2007: It's not for everyone

Monday, October 8, 2007: How was your Portland Marathon?

Sunday, October 7, 2007: One less car on the road

Saturday, October 6, 2007: American prayer

Friday, September 21, 2007: Snatching failure from the jaws of success

Friday, August 31, 2007: City screwup may mess with triathlon schedule

Friday, August 31, 2007: But you can't hide

Monday, August 27, 2007: How was your Hood to Coast?

Friday, August 10, 2007: Why don't you ride a bike?

Tuesday, August 7, 2007: University Club teen boxing spectacle = child abuse?

Monday, August 6, 2007: How to squander a perfectly good Friday night

Saturday, June 30, 2007: When you wish upon a star

Saturday, June 16, 2007: We're famous the world over

Thursday, May 31, 2007: How high's the water, Mama?

Wednesday, May 9, 2007: Another urban renewal "success" story

Monday, May 7, 2007: Those stone tablets are copyrighted

Wednesday, April 25, 2007: Earl the Pearl: "Green" the tax code

Sunday, April 22, 2007: Mapquest: Bike Edition

Friday, April 13, 2007: We know Y

Wednesday, April 11, 2007: Game report: Rockets 99, Blazers 95

Wednesday, April 11, 2007: Yo -- Yao, y'all

Monday, April 9, 2007: LaMarcus's heart

Monday, April 2, 2007: Moving right along

Thursday, March 29, 2007: The rigors of spring break

Monday, March 26, 2007: Get down

Sunday, March 18, 2007: Busy day, but for whom?

Wednesday, March 14, 2007: The next contraband?

Monday, February 26, 2007: Bernie's totally unrepentant

Friday, February 23, 2007: It's illegal to blow your nose in Portland

Wednesday, February 21, 2007: Tough day

Saturday, February 10, 2007: Why we live here

Tuesday, December 12, 2006: "If anyone can find these guys, it’s them"

Wednesday, November 15, 2006: Tiger habitat

Sunday, November 12, 2006: Game report: Mavericks 103, Blazers 96

Sunday, November 12, 2006: Says it all

Saturday, November 11, 2006: All in

Thursday, November 2, 2006: Portland parks for sale, continued

Monday, October 30, 2006: Neighborhood updates

Wednesday, October 18, 2006: A day in the park

Thursday, September 28, 2006: Recycling Sunday's fairy tale

Monday, September 25, 2006: Weekend update

Saturday, September 9, 2006: The plot thickens

Saturday, September 2, 2006: September grass (fake)

Thursday, August 31, 2006: It ain't Cheers

Wednesday, August 30, 2006: Warming up

Friday, August 25, 2006: The long run

Tuesday, August 22, 2006: Zoobomb casualty

Monday, August 21, 2006: We have a winner

Sunday, August 13, 2006: Flat as a pancake

Monday, July 31, 2006: Sometimes the cards play you

Sunday, July 30, 2006: Follow-up on Mateus

Thursday, July 20, 2006: Fit to print

Wednesday, July 19, 2006: This place rocks

Sunday, July 16, 2006: Miracle on 16th Avenue

Wednesday, July 5, 2006: Days of the old schoolyard

Tuesday, July 4, 2006: Irvington clay

Tuesday, June 27, 2006: At the Copa

Monday, June 19, 2006: Happy Monday

Saturday, June 10, 2006: 52 cards, 7 players

Saturday, June 3, 2006: "We'll miss you Whac-A-Mole"

Sunday, May 21, 2006: The shell game

Monday, March 13, 2006: Game report: Blazers 111, Suns 101

Wednesday, March 1, 2006: Game report: Blazers 99, Lakers 93

Sunday, February 26, 2006: Potter hospitalized

Sunday, January 29, 2006: "Ask your doctor or pharmacist about Tequila"

Tuesday, January 10, 2006: Grampy to baseball: Wonderful, thank you, now get lost

Monday, November 14, 2005: Rising star

Monday, September 19, 2005: Can't explain

Sunday, September 18, 2005: Jackpot

Wednesday, September 7, 2005: Coulda been a contender

Sunday, July 31, 2005: A two-fer

Wednesday, July 27, 2005: Take a walk

Tuesday, July 26, 2005: What else is new?

Sunday, June 19, 2005: Tale of two papers

Friday, June 3, 2005: Laughing all the way to the Poor Farm

Thursday, May 12, 2005: Take one tablet before voting, for ignorance

Thursday, April 21, 2005: No time for losin' 'cause we are the champions

Monday, April 11, 2005: Through the looking glass

Wednesday, April 6, 2005: Wanted: Dummies

Monday, March 21, 2005: Nice day to... start again!

Monday, March 21, 2005: No more Baloney

Monday, January 31, 2005: Back on top

Tuesday, January 11, 2005: Saved

Monday, January 3, 2005: Y not

Friday, December 31, 2004: Home at last

Monday, December 20, 2004: Double fantasy

Wednesday, December 15, 2004: Knucklers

Thursday, December 2, 2004: No more shirts-and-skins here

Tuesday, November 30, 2004: An old friend's passing away

Wednesday, November 10, 2004: In dysfunctional arena news...

Friday, October 8, 2004: Maybe on 34

Monday, October 4, 2004: Two kinds of six-packs

Sunday, October 3, 2004: Y'all miss me?

Monday, August 23, 2004: Jersey Shore vacation, Part II

Friday, August 20, 2004: Roll on

Thursday, August 19, 2004: Bow wow wow

Wednesday, August 18, 2004: Jersey Shore vacation, Part I

Monday, July 5, 2004: One last run

Thursday, June 17, 2004: That summertime feeling

Tuesday, June 15, 2004: Travel advisory

Thursday, June 10, 2004: Where the rides are

Sunday, May 30, 2004: You read it here first

Friday, May 7, 2004: Best thing that happened to me yesterday

Sunday, April 25, 2004: Collateral damage

Sunday, April 4, 2004: Get well, Doug

Saturday, April 3, 2004: Take me out to the bankruptcy

Saturday, March 20, 2004: Decompression time

Tuesday, March 16, 2004: Get out there

Friday, February 27, 2004: Time of the season

Tuesday, January 6, 2004: An hour well spent

Thursday, October 9, 2003: Mount Tabor makeovers

Sunday, September 21, 2003: All to myself

Friday, August 29, 2003: At least he's leaving comments

Sunday, August 24, 2003: Moving the Expos

Saturday, August 23, 2003: Holy cow

Saturday, August 23, 2003: It ain't over 'til it's over

Friday, August 22, 2003: Strike 3

Wednesday, August 13, 2003: If they don't win it's a shame

Sunday, July 27, 2003: Cough, cough

Thursday, July 10, 2003: Have some Oregon blueberries

Monday, July 7, 2003: Go ahead, ruin your life

Wednesday, June 18, 2003: Greetings from Exit 15W

Wednesday, June 18, 2003: The bright days

Wednesday, June 18, 2003: A day at the races

Friday, June 6, 2003: Wasted in the heat

Friday, May 30, 2003: What a gas

Friday, May 23, 2003: Mile 100

Thursday, April 24, 2003: In sports news

Wednesday, April 16, 2003: Touche'

Tuesday, April 8, 2003: Play ball

Sunday, March 16, 2003: A year on wheels

Sunday, March 2, 2003: Minting phrases, not mincing words

Thursday, February 20, 2003: Veddy interrresting

Friday, December 27, 2002: Counting to ten -- or is it a thousand?

Tuesday, December 10, 2002: My favorite uncle

Saturday, November 30, 2002: Hello again, sports fans

Friday, November 29, 2002: In the mailbox

Wednesday, November 13, 2002: Good news to start the day

Friday, November 1, 2002: Crank up the hit counter

Tuesday, October 29, 2002: Lesson learned

Saturday, October 26, 2002: Where it's shaken out

Thursday, October 17, 2002: Coming to their senses

Sunday, October 6, 2002: Welcome, "referees"

Sunday, October 6, 2002: The ticket to the poor farm, that is

Sunday, September 29, 2002: Jimmy the Greek, I ain't

Sunday, September 22, 2002: It don't come easy

Thursday, September 19, 2002: Why I've lost interest in the NBA

Monday, September 9, 2002: Viva Las Vegas

Thursday, August 29, 2002: Y'all come back now, y'hear?

Wednesday, July 24, 2002: Happy birthday to the East Bank Esplanade

Saturday, July 13, 2002: Ticketbastards

In Vino Veritas

Dom Martinho, Tinto 2005
Chateau St. Jean, Cabernet, California 2007
Kirkland, Napa Cabernet 2007
Revelry, The Reveler, 2007
Joseph Drouhin, Chablis 2006
Altos Las Hormigas, Mendoza Malbec 2008
Alodio, Ribeira Sacra Mencia 2007
Charles Smith, Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2008
Kiona, Lemberger 2006
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Columbia Valley Merlot 2005
Paranga, Kir-Yianni 2005
L. Guigal, Cotes du Rhone Rose 2007
Gloria Ferrer, Sonoma Brut
Kirkland, Napa Valley Meritage 2006
Abacela, Tempranillo 2006
Woodward Canyon, Columbia Valley Red
Santa Margherita, Pinot Grigio 2007
Mas Donis Barrica, Celler de Capcanes Red, 2005
Three Rivers, Merlot 2006
Raptor Ridge, Pinot Gris 2008
Lezaun, Rosado, Navarra
Lezaun, Red, Navarra
Hedges, Three Vineyards, Red Mountain 2005
Raptor Ridge, Pinot Gris 2008
Vega Sindoa, Cabernet-Tempranillo 2006
Inama, Soave Classico 2007
Alois Lageder, Lagrein Rosato 2008
Broglia, Gavi 2007
Marqués de Cáceres, Rioja Rose 2008
Spaltagna, Riserva Pinot Noir 2008
Portuga, Rose 2008
Warre's Warrior Port
Lange, Pinot Noir 2007
Chateau Guiraud, Le G, 2007
Falset, Garnacha Rose, Montsant 2006
Castello di Bossi, Chianti Classico 2004
Domaine Chandon, Pinot Noir, La Riviere Sonoma 2006
Brazin, Old Vine Zinfandel, Lodi 2006
B.R. Cohn, Silver Label Cabernet 2006
Casillero del Diablo, Cabernet 2007
Gentil Hugel, Alsace 2006
Mesoneros de Castilla, Ribero del Duero, Rosado 2008
Cor, Momentum 2007
Santa Margherita, Pinot Grigio 2006
Rubico, Lacrima di Morro d'Alba 2007
Gilstrap Brothers, Reserve Merlot 2003
Conundrum 2007
Chandler Reach, 36 Red
Santa Rita, Reserve Cabernet 2005
Marietta, Old Vine Red Lot 47
L'Ecole No. 41, Recess Red 2006
Dom Martinho, Red 2004
Beaulieu, Georges Latour 1994
Caymus, Cabernet 1995
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2005
Bergevin Lane, Columbia Valley Cabernet 2005
Savigny-les-Beaune, Les Lavieres 2003
David Hill, Reserve Merlot, Rogue Valley 2006
Educated Guess, Cabernet 2006
Maquis Lien, Red 2005
Charles Smith, Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2007
David Hill, Farmhouse White
Robert Mondavi Solaire, Cabernet 2005
Castello Monaci, Liante, Salice Salentino 2006
Ricardo Santos, Malbec 2006
Quinta da Espiga, Tinto 2006
Charles Smith, Holy Cow Merlot 2006
Charles Smith, Boom Boom Syrah 2006
Charles Smith, The Honorable Pinot Gris 2007
Santa Rita, Cabernet Reserva 2005
King Estate, Pinot Gris 2007
Gloria, Douro, Tinto 2002
Bogle, Petite Sirah Port, Clarksburg 2005
Cardwell Hill, Pinot Noir 2004
Silkwood, Red Duet Cabernet-Syrah 2004
Portuga, Vinho Branco 2006, 2007
Osborne, Solaz 2004
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Reserva 2005
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill, Shiraz Cabernet 2006
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Cabernet, Indian Wells 2004
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Horse Heaven Hills 2004
Hannah Nicole, Red 2004
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2005
Protocolo, Red 2005
Woodbridge, Chardonnay 2006
Portuga, Vinho Branco 2006
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1998
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1996
Kirkland, Roogle Shiraz 2004
Garda, Classico Chiaretto
A to Z, Oregon Pinot Gris 2005
I Giusti & Zanza, Nemorino 2006
Treana, Marsanne-Viognier, Central Coast 2005
Fife, Syrah, "Stanford" 2000
B.R. Cohn, Silver Label Cabernet 2005
Marques de Casa Concha, Cabernet 2005
Santi, Sortesele Pinot Grigio 2006
Al Muvedre, Tinto Joven 2006
Layer Cake, Shiraz 2006
Gritti, Ca' Andrea, Umbria red 2005
Altos de Luzon, Jumilla 2004
Thomas Leithner, Zweigelt 2004
Cain Cuvee NV 3
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot 2003
Meridian, Sauvignon Blanc 2005
Canoe Ridge, Merlot 2003
Paringa, Shiraz 2005

The Occasional Book

F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 64
At this date last year: 28
Total run in 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269